A United States Army Corps of Engineers solicitation for Kunduz headquarters facilities for the Second Brigade was issued in March 2008.

[2][3][11] On 21 April 2017, Taliban fighters attacked Camp Shaheen killing at least 160[12] Afghan soldiers and wounding many others.

On 9 August, the Corps had its commander replaced by General Zabihullah Mohmand and it was tasked with defense of Mazar-i-Sharif, which was the only city under the control of government in Kabul in Northern Afghanistan.

[11] The pro-government militia also surrendered and the two long-time anti-Taliban warlords, namely Abdul Rashid Dostum and Atta Muhammad Nur fled to Uzbekistan.

Abas Ebrahimzada, a lawmaker from the Balkh province, said that in Mazar-i-Sharif, the national army surrendered first which caused the pro-government militia and other forces to lose morale and surrender in the face of Taliban assault on the city.